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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

by Michael Lewis

Published: 2004-03-17

Paperback: 320 pages

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Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. Following the low-budget Oakland Athletics, their larger-than-life general manger, Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts, Michael Lewis has written not only "the single most influential baseball ...

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Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali

by Kris Holloway; Consulting Editor John Bidwell

Published: 2006-07-20

Paperback: 215 pages

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What is it like to live and work in a remote corner of the world and befriend a courageous midwife who breaks traditional roles? Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Mali Midwife is the inspiring story of Monique Dembele, an accidental midwife who became a legend, and Kris Hollowa...

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The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life

by Jean-Francois Revel, Matthieu Ricard, John Canti, Jack Miles

Published: 2000-02-15

Paperback: 384 pages

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Jean Francois-Revel, a pillar of French intellectual life in our time, became world famous for his challenges to both Communism and Christianity. Twenty-seven years ago, his son, Matthieu Ricard, gave up a promising career as a scientist to study Tibetan Buddhism -- not as a detached obser...

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The Monk Downstairs (Plus)

by Tim Farrington

Published: 2006-06-01

Paperback: 320 pages

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The Monk Downstairs

by Tim Farrington

Published: 2002

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A Monk Jumped over a Wall

by Jay Nussbaum

Published: 2007-11-01

Paperback: 364 pages

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J.J. Spencer is one of the many hungry young lawyers eager to climb the corporate ladder to the great future awaiting him. With his first annual review approaching, J.J. is confident his keen work for the top Manhattan law firm he is employed by will be praised all the way to the bank. Unt...

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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny

by Robin Sharma

Published: 1999-04-02

Paperback: 198 pages

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Wisdom to Create a Life of Passion, Purpose, and Peace This inspiring tale provides a step-by-step approach to living with greater courage, balance, abundance, and joy. A wonderfully crafted fable, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari tells the extraordinary story of Julian Mantle, a lawyer forc...

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Monkeewrench

by P. J. Tracy

Published: 2004-04-06

Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages

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People are dying for the new computer game by the software company Monkeewrench. Literally. With Serial Killer Detective out in limited release, the real-life murders of a jogger and a young woman have already mimicked the first two scenarios in the game.But Grace McBride and her eccentric...

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The Monkey Bible: A Modern Allegory; includes The Line, a Companion Music CD by Eric Maring

by Mark Laxer

Published: 2010-08-25

Hardcover: 304 pages

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The Monkey Bible is the story of Emmanuel, a young college bound Christian man who suddenly has reason to suspect that his genetic make-up, and indeed the story of his creation, is not what he had thought it had been. Dismayed and seemingly alienated from his Church, Emmanuel journeys arou...

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Monkey Bridge

by Lan Cao

Published: 1998-06-01

Paperback: 260 pages

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Hailed by critics and writers as powerful, important fiction, Monkey Bridge charts the unmapped territory of the Vietnamese American experience in the aftermath of war. Like navigating a monkey bridge?a bridge, built of spindly bamboo, used by peasants for centuries?the narrative traverses...